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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Ji Li that Dad had been cleared of his charges?

2. Why did Ji Yun begin crying one day?

3. Who made up the story of the charges Dad was held for?

4. What happened to An Yi's mother every day at school when Ji Li stopped attending?

5. What did Dad refuse to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ji Li find when she woke up on Chinese New Year?

2. What happened to An Yi's mother at work?

3. Why did Ji Li stop going to school all together?

4. What did Ji Li learn how to raise in Jr. High, and why?

5. How did Ji Li get injured in the rice fields?

6. Why did Ji Li choose to spend her summer working in the rice fields?

7. Why did Lin Lin come to visit Ji Li?

8. What made Ji Li so nervous about presenting at the Class Education Exhibition?

9. What did Zhang tell Ji Li when she asked about being chosen to help with the Exhibition?

10. What happened in Ji Li's study session?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the significance of the title of this book?

Essay Topic 2

Father and Zhang were both very dynamic leaders and father figures in this book. What are the differences in the two styles of leadership, and how did these differences affect their lives, their family, and their role in Ji Li's life?

Essay Topic 3

Anger was a vice that reared its ugly head a number of times in this book. What are some examples of this, and how was the plot altered because of these incidents?

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